Release Notes

10 Release Notes
Upgrade from
ESXi 3.5 Update 5
to ESXi 4.0
Update 3 fails.
ESXi upgrade from 3.5
Update5 to ESXi 4.0
Update3 fails.
When you use VI Host
Upgrade utility for
upgrade, the following
error message is
displayed:
The Upgrade has
failed. Click
View Log...for
more details.
Unexpected
return status:5
When you use VMware
Update Manager utility,
the upgrade progress is
shown as
~44% and
times out after a long
time.
This is a known issue. For
resolution, see
kb.vmware.com/kb/2000407
ESXi 4.x
Embedded
Edition
ESXi takes more
time to complete
bootup and
perform different
tasks.
The boot up time of
ESXi is increased if the
number of processor
cores per socket enabled
is eight or more.
Similarly, some of the
tasks such as adding the
hosts to HA Cluster,
take more time in
systems in which eight
or more cores per socket
have been enabled.
This is a known issue. For
resolution, see
kb.vmware.com/kb/2006081
ESXi4.x
Issue Description Resolution Applies to